Angus King Jr.

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News about Angus King Jr., including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Apr. 3, 2014

Sens Susan Collins and Angus King announce their support for declassifying parts of report on Central Intelligence Agency's defunct detention and interrogation program, all but assuring that Senate Intelligence Committee will approve the report and send it to Pres Obama for release; report sets out to tell the history of perhaps the most controversial response by Bush administration to the Sept 11 terrorist attacks. MORE

Nov. 2, 2012

More than $6 million in outside money has been injected into Maine’s Senate race, including that from Karl Rove and New York Mayor Michael R Bloomberg, giving fresh hope to Republican nominee Charles Summers, despite independent candidate Angus King’s persistent lead in the polls; national Democrats have kept their distance from party's nominee Cynthia Dill. MORE

Jul. 1, 2012

Former Maine Gov Angus King, an independent, has a strong lead in the race to fill Olympia Snowe’s Senate seat, but it has made him an early punching bag; Maine is suddenly one of a handful of states that could determine the balance of power in the Senate. MORE

May. 7, 2012

Former Maine Gov Angus King is mounting a widely popular independent campaign for the Senate seat being vacated by moderate Republican Olympia J Snowe; if elected, King's support could decide which party controls the evenly divided Senate. MORE

Maine’s two senators announced their support for declassifying parts of a report on the C.I.A.’s interrogation methods, all but assuring that a Senate panel will approve the report and send it to President Obama for release.